Catstycam and Helvellyn
Sun 19 Feb 2012
Route: Glenridding village - Mires Beck path - Birkhouse Moor - Hole-in-the-Wall - Red Tarn - Catstycam - Swirral Edge - Helvellyn - Helvellyn Lower Man - White Side - Glenridding (Greenside Road) - Glenridding village
Distance: 9.75 miles
Ascent: 3,300ft
Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
With: On own
Notes:
Blue sky, sunshine
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The Duke of Portland Boathouse, Ullswater
Looking back down on Glenridding from the Mires Beck path
Helvellyn and Catstycam come into view
High Spying How, Helvellyn and Catstycam from Birkhouse Moor's summit
Helvellyn from the path to Red Tarn from the Hole-in-the-Wall
Looking across Red Tarn to Helvellyn
Heading up to Swirral Edge, but I'm going to visit Catstycam's summit first
Ullswater and the North Pennines in the far distance from Catstycam's summit
Helvellyn Lower Man and the north western fells in the distance
Raise and the Whiteside zig-zags (my descent route today) from Catstycam's summit
Swirral Edge and Helvellyn from Catstycam
Swirral Edge
East from Helvellyn's summit
Helvellyn summit
Climber approaching the top
West to Scafell Pike
Catstycam and Brown Cove from Lower Man's summit
White Side and the ridge north from Helvellyn Lower Man
Towards Skiddaw from White Side
Raise
Looking back to White Side
The White Side track
Sheffield Pike as I head back to Glenridding
Rake Cottages, nearly back at the village
Previous Walk: Castlerigg Stone Circle and High Rigg (Sat 18 Feb 2012)
Next Walk: Circuit of Buttermere (Sat 10 Mar 2012)